Close last time, Chang seeks school board again
by Garth Meyer A man with an architecture degree from Harvard, Jerome Chang was “the IT guy off-screen” during the first two months of the pandemic when his wife taught online, his son went to school online, and he worked online while teaching his preschool daughter to read. In the last school board election, Chang was part of an eight-person field which brought in directors Dan Elder, Rachel Silverman-Nemeth and Rolf Strutzenberg. Chang was 94 votes short of the top three. He now runs again as one of three candidates for two at-large seats. He said of his original campaign “I think my profile was similar to the others (who ran). I scratched an itch; I think I can do this.” Chang is the father of a first and a fifth-grader at Tulita Elementary. His wife teaches sixth grade in Torrance. “I’m hoping to be a fresh voice, an independent member of the board. Most come from the trenches of the PTA. Nothing against the PTA but I’m not affiliated with any associations,” said Chang. “PTA is awesome. Just that my engagement has been elsewhere.” He has organized four anti-Asian hate rallies, served as a school site council representative and fundraised for the Redondo Beach Education…
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